There have been too many ups and downs in Michael Pineda’s career to make much out of two good outings, but given how the right-hander has struggled this season, the Yankees will no doubt embrace his recent success.

Coming off his best start of the season last week in Detroit, Pineda led the Yankees to a 6-3 win over the Angels in The Bronx on Tuesday, giving up three runs in seven innings.

Afterward, he pointed to some mechanical adjustments he made with pitching coach Larry Rothschild — mainly a lower angle that has created more movement on his slider and also helped his fastball.

We’ll see how long that lasts, but for Pineda (3-6), discussing mechanics sure beats what he was talking about a couple of weeks ago — when it looked like his spot in the rotation could be in jeopardy.

“That was never on my mind,” Pineda said. “I was never worried about something I can’t control.”

Well, he does have some control over it, since pitching better will guarantee that he keeps his job.

As good as he was, though, it almost wouldn’t be a Pineda start without some trouble.

It came in the fifth after the Yankees had given him a five-run lead. Pineda gave up an RBI single and then a two-out, two-run homer to Kole Calhoun to cut the Yankees’ lead to 5-3.

“When he gave up the home run to Calhoun, he had no overall emotion,” catcher Austin Romine said. “There was no giving up. He just got back to what we were doing. Other times, he’s let it get out of hand.”

Joe Girardi liked Pineda’s response, as well.

“He had one bad inning, but he was able stop it after that,” Girardi said. “At times, his command got away from him a little bit, but he got it back. It was encouraging because that’s something that hasn’t happened this year.”

The right-hander bounced back to retire the next seven to finish his night.

Pineda allowed just four hits and a pair of walks as the Yankees won consecutive games for the first time since their six-game winning streak was snapped on May 25.

Dellin Betances, scored upon in four consecutive appearances, reverted to form and tossed a perfect eighth before Andrew Miller filled in as the closer for Aroldis Chapman, who had pitched three days in a row, and picked up the save.

The damage the lineup did against Angels starter David Huff, a former Yankees reliever, proved to be enough.

Carlos Beltran, whose three-run shot in the eighth inning on Monday provided the winning margin, gave the Yankees the lead again Tuesday.

This time, it was a two-run homer to left off the southpaw. It was Beltran’s 15th of the season, fifth from the right side, and 1,000th career extra-base hit.

Later in the first, in an inning prolonged by Yunel Escobar’s mental gaffe when he thought there were two outs and didn’t try to turn a double play on Chase Headley’s grounder to third, Romine smacked an RBI single for a 3-0 advantage.

An error by Huff led to a run in the second and the early barrage continued in the third with Starlin Castro’s homer that clanged off the right-field foul pole as the lead grew to 5-0.

It was the fifth time in six games the Yankees’ offense scored at least five runs.

Rodriguez provided some insurance in the seventh, as his two-out single scored Gardner from second for a 6-3 lead.

For Girardi, it continued a promising start to a critical homestand.

“Every month that goes by that you’re not playing well puts you in a deeper hole,” Girardi said. “We have to have a good month.”